Whole Foods gives plastic bags the sack

Starting April 22 be prepared to bring your own bags or settle for brown paper because the chain of pricey earth-friendly victuals will be banning plastic bags in all 270 of their stores.

While I can understand trying to get a handle on the exploding plastic bag population — witness them snagged in trees, blowing along streets and floating down the San Antonio River — perhaps it would have been a better idea to charge people for them. Money — not deprivation — is usually the better tactic when it comes to grabbing the public’s attention.

Although I usually bring my own bag when shopping at Whole Foods, I do recycle the plastic bags I get when I forget, either by using them to line garbage cans or for picking up after my dog.

This is surely a trend that more retailers are likely to follow. So are you prepared for less plastic? What do you think about having to pack your own sack?